Abby Jo Update
Abby Jo may be my fourth baby, but she is just as much of a joy as my first was. To be quite honest, I’ve enjoyed her the most of all my babies. I think it’s cause she’s the baby. Like…the baby. I don’t worry about much with her. I’ve done it all before…a few times. She eats, she sleeps, she poops, she plays, she laughs. That’s just about it. I don’t freak out about the many variations of each of those activities.
Abby is delightful. She wakes me up every morning smiling and laughing at me. I am not a morning person, and, on the mornings that I have a hard time keepiung my eyes open, she tugs at my sleeve, talking to me, till I open my eyes enough to see her grinning her 100 watt smile at me. Everyone loves her. You can’t help it. On top of having the world’s best personality, she likes everyone, AND she’s beautiful.
While Abby has been pretty small all along, I haven’t freaked out about it like we did over Owen being small. I did realize, though, that she was pretty underweight, even though she was completely healthy and happy, so I started giving her baby food a little earlier than the other kids, when she was three and a half months old.
At her four month checkup, Abby Jo had gained about a pound. She was still pretty underweight, weighing in at eleven pounds two ounces. She’s tiny, but she’s awesome.
She can roll over both ways, and is reaching for people and things. She scoots around the floor now, and it won’t be long till she’s getting into trouble. She loves to watch her brothers and sister play. She loves to watch whatever is going on around her, and is a very happy baby. She is talking to anyone who will listen lately. Have I mentioned that she’s totally awesome?
I’ll leave you with a few photos I took yesterday. Besides being unbelievably adorable, you can really see the difference in her since we added the baby food calories to her diet. Her face has really filled out a lot.
I’ve enjoyed getting caught up with your latest posts and pictures! The kiddos are all just gorgeous…but yeah, that baby is awesome. 